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jon_o
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"Moving to Seattle in 2 days. Where are the black folks?"


  

          

So, i took a job as a creative director at an ad agency in Seattle. Moving the fam out there. I'm hearing there's a major lack of black people out there, so I'm trying to get some advice on how I might find a congregation OUTSIDE of the church.

Any OKPs in seattle?? Whats good out there? Where's the best music? Any good BBQ? I know nothing

  

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RE: Moving to Seattle in 2 days. Where are the black folks?
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RE: Moving to Seattle in 2 days. Where are the black folks?
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      RE: Moving to Seattle in 2 days. Where are the black folks?
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Dick's is the place where the cool hang out...
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Not black, but am a Seattle lifer.
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RE: Not black, but am a Seattle lifer.
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      no doubt.
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           RE: no doubt.
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                word. I used to live on Lower QA.
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                     RE: word. I used to live on Lower QA.
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i'm really looking at an offer to move to seattle myself
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RE: i'm really looking at an offer to move to seattle myself
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go look in the mirror. you it.
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RE: go look in the mirror. you it.
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it's not like there are NO black people in Seattle (that's Portland, BTW...
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      man, only reason why i didnt go to portland after the bay is the LACK
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           it's funny cuz * I * don't see PDX that way...
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                RE: it's funny cuz * I * don't see PDX that way...
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NOT in Seattle?
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they really dont have churches like that from what i heard
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1. "RE: Moving to Seattle in 2 days. Where are the black folks?"
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Holla at FWMJ

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jon_o
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2. "RE: Moving to Seattle in 2 days. Where are the black folks?"
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Googled that and got a few different things. Is it the rapper?

  

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11. "RE: Moving to Seattle in 2 days. Where are the black folks?"
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Frank... from this very site..

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Wed Mar-25-15 12:21 PM

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3. "Dick's is the place where the cool hang out..."
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Wed Mar-25-15 12:26 PM by BigJazz

  

          

not sure if that's still true but you might want to start there...



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PROMO
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4. "Not black, but am a Seattle lifer."
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Wed Mar-25-15 12:25 PM by PROMO

  

          

>So, i took a job as a creative director at an ad agency in
>Seattle. Moving the fam out there. I'm hearing there's a major
>lack of black people out there, so I'm trying to get some
>advice on how I might find a congregation OUTSIDE of the
>church.

I'd holla at FWMJ as he's pretty new to Seattle too, but I think he's in a similar lane as you career-wise. Unfortunately, Seattle is going thru a big period of gentrification and a lot of the black residents have been pushed to South Seattle/Renton/Auburn/Kent. There are still black people in the Central District (where FWMJ lives, I believe) but it's getting whiter everyday.

>Any OKPs in seattle?? Whats good out there? Where's the best
>music? Any good BBQ? I know nothing

My clubbing days are more or less over, but there's plenty of good live music venues and most tours hit the city (stadium and club tours). They have a Motown on Mondays night that some friends of mine DJ and that's a great, mature club night. If you're younger, there are definitely young cat turn up nights, I'm just too old to know of them now. I'm looking for good BBQ too. I know there are spots in South Seattle but I'm up north so that's not too convenient. Might wanna holla at FWMJ about that too cuz he and his lady seem to be real foodies and he posts a lot of food porn on IG.

If you have any more specific questions, holla.

  

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jon_o
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Wed Mar-25-15 12:42 PM

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6. "RE: Not black, but am a Seattle lifer."
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>>So, i took a job as a creative director at an ad agency in
>>Seattle. Moving the fam out there. I'm hearing there's a
>major
>>lack of black people out there, so I'm trying to get some
>>advice on how I might find a congregation OUTSIDE of the
>>church.
>
>I'd holla at FWMJ as he's pretty new to Seattle too, but I
>think he's in a similar lane as you career-wise.
>Unfortunately, Seattle is going thru a big period of
>gentrification and a lot of the black residents have been
>pushed to South Seattle/Renton/Auburn/Kent. There are still
>black people in the Central District (where FWMJ lives, I
>believe) but it's getting whiter everyday.
>
>>Any OKPs in seattle?? Whats good out there? Where's the best
>>music? Any good BBQ? I know nothing
>
>My clubbing days are more or less over, but there's plenty of
>good live music venues and most tours hit the city (stadium
>and club tours). They have a Motown on Mondays night that some
>friends of mine DJ and that's a great, mature club night. If
>you're younger, there are definitely young cat turn up nights,
>I'm just too old to know of them now. I'm looking for good BBQ
>too. I know there are spots in South Seattle but I'm up north
>so that's not too convenient. Might wanna holla at FWMJ about
>that too cuz he and his lady seem to be real foodies and he
>posts a lot of food porn on IG.
>
>If you have any more specific questions, holla.
>

Thanks fam. Just picked up on the fact that FWMJ is a person here on the boards. Will reach out.

  

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PROMO
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8. "no doubt."
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Wed Mar-25-15 12:51 PM by PROMO

  

          

if your ad agency ever wants to hire an inexperienced ad person with marketing experience and good ideas, at a good salary? get at me. LOL.

do you know where you're living already?

  

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jon_o
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12. "RE: no doubt."
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For sure man. I haven't the slightest clue where we're going to live. I'm heading out there a few weeks ahead of my wife and kid, so I'll be scouting. We're thinking lower queen anne

  

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PROMO
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14. "word. I used to live on Lower QA."
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i will warn you that all of Queen Anne Hill is very white.

however, lower QA is a great place to actually live if you can deal with that. it's a very short busride or 15-20 min walk to downtown which is nice. you definitely feel like you're * IN * the city but it's a bit more quiet than being right downtown. lower QA also has some good bars and restaurants (i highly recommend Toulouse), there's 3 grocery stores (Safeway, QFC, and Metropolitan Market which is like a Whole Foods combined with a normal grocery store) and a drugstore. there's also grocery and drugstores if you go up on top of the hill, along with some other good restaurants (5 Spot). Shawn Kemp's bar/restaurant, Oscar's, is right there on lower QA too.

i actually miss living in that area. probably the best neighborhood i've lived in during my 30+ years in Seattle.

  

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jon_o
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18. "RE: word. I used to live on Lower QA."
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yeah, it's going to take some exploring. luckily, we have a ton for friends there. I'm hoping to get involved in some kind of organization where I can volunteer and be a lot more involved in the city than I am here in Vegas.

  

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5. "i'm really looking at an offer to move to seattle myself"
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not black, obv, but would be good to hear about any sort of culture/nightlife/food/indoor soccer/whatever

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But hell, what do I know?

  

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jon_o
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7. "RE: i'm really looking at an offer to move to seattle myself"
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Man there is so much opportunity in the tech industry out there it's disgusting.

  

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9. "go look in the mirror. you it. "
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jon_o
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13. "RE: go look in the mirror. you it. "
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damn smh

  

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15. "it's not like there are NO black people in Seattle (that's Portland, BTW..."
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it's just that there's no central hub like there used to be. so you could be anywhere and run into some black folks, but you won't likely run into a lot of them.

  

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16. "man, only reason why i didnt go to portland after the bay is the LACK"
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i know its a great place to be

but uh



fuck and that.

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17. "it's funny cuz * I * don't see PDX that way..."
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because whenever i go there its usually to visit my wife's (who is black) family, and they've got their group of black friends so all i see when i'm there is black people. i also get a very Oakland (where my wife is from) vibe from the city itself (vs. the people who live in PDX who are white whereas Oakland isnt). it's old and run down and grimey.

however, an article just came out in the Washington Post the other day about how Portland is the whitest "big" city in America and getting whiter.

  

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19. "RE: it's funny cuz * I * don't see PDX that way..."
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I've only been to portland once, and I didn't especially feel "alone" there. Might have been because I was with my wife, but I really liked it's vibe, though I think it would be a bit too slow for me. I'm hoping seattle is the perfect in-between regarding pace and low-keyness

  

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10. "NOT in Seattle? "
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"Seasons may come and your luck just may run out, and all that you'll have is some memories..."

  

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20. "they really dont have churches like that from what i heard"
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my cousin is there
he is black

my best friend is there
she is rican and her husband is black
she hates it
because there arent many blacks there
AND she said that people
arent religious
so finding a church is few and far in between

it really is a hipster town

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